- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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8 people are interested
Support Outsider Artists: Farmers Market Volunteers
ORGANIZATION: Art Enables
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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8 people are interested
Art Enables is an art gallery, studio, and employment program dedicated to creating opportunities for artists with disabilities to make, earn income, and market their honest and compelling artwork
We are seeking Farmers Market volunteers as we launch our new adventure into selling our artists' work at local farmers markets. The volunteers would help load in, decorate and set-up the booth, greet visitors and promote Art Enables, assist with sales and wrapping up art, and breaking down the booth.
Approximate times would be two Thursdays a month, from 2pm - 8:30pm - although any help during that time window would be appreciated. The farmers market is located right next the Rhode Island Metro stop and runs through November.
Interested? Come by Saturday, July 9th 1 - 4pm during our gallery opening and free workshop to get a feel for the organization.
More opportunities with Art Enables
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Art Enables
Location:
2204 Rhode Island Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20018, US
Mission Statement
Art Enables is a 501(c)3 nonprofit studio and gallery for adult artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Serving artists from the Washington metropolitan area, our mission is to create the opportunity, environment, materials, and marketing support they need to succeed as professional artists. Our goal is to further an understanding of the alternative way in which many people who are marginalized can communicate when they are given the chance. Our artists have a range of disabilities, such as Down syndrome, traumatic brain injury, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and persistent mental illness. But they all have one thing in common: they are artists. In addition to all of the studio resources needed to create art, we provide a full calendar of exhibitions both in our gallery and other venues, as well as online sales and marketing of artwork. Artists earn more than money from art sales: they earn pride and validation as professional artists.
Description
Volunteers are an integral part of the Art Enables.
Some typical daily tasks of a volunteer...
Second Saturday Art Openings
- Help set up gallery
- Assist with purchases
- Provide an extra hand with free art workshops
Facilitate studio sessions
- Assist artists in signing in, getting started, cleaning up
- Help with supplies, visuals, technical questions
- Supervise lunch and coffee break
Exhibits and presentation
- Shrink-wrap and frame artwork, repaint walls, hang artwork,
- Print/cut/fold greeting cards and brochures
Housekeeping
- Pick up supplies, deliver artwork to outside venues
- Prepare mailings
And much more!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2300 WASHINGTON PLACE, NEWashington, DC 20018
DATE POSTED
June 22, 2016
SKILLS
- Exhibition Arts
- People Skills
- Visual Arts
- Retail / Sales
- Community Outreach
- Arts Administration
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 1 - 2 Thursdays a month